olated

Verb

olate (third-person singular simple present olates, present participle olating, simple past and past participle olated)

1. (intransitive) To form an ol group or compound.
   • The hydroxo groups then “olated,” resulting in the formation of large aggregates, eventually reaching colloidal size.1931, Arthur W[aldorf] Thomas, Thomas H[illyer] Whitehead, “Ion Interchanges in Aluminum Oxychloride Hydrosols”, in Wilder D[wight] Bancroft, editor, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, volume XXXIV...